"For them to go backwards and not cast another [actor of color] kind of sucks," Leguizamo, who starred in the 1993 live-action version, of the upcoming animated movie.

John Leguizamo is saying mamma mia to the new “Super Mario Bros.” casting.

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I do sometimes raise my eyebrows at the frequency that Black voice actors play the villains, though.

      Like, even star wars (surprising because they managed it in a live action movie)

      • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Black men just tend to have deeper voices

        Deep voice = scarybad in movie

        • OgdenTO [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I mean, isn't that the same thing? Like, why are deep voices seen as scary?

          • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Deep voice requires a large ribcage for that resonance, usually meaning a larger person, and bigger people are more intimidating

              • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                Bear in mind I'm just some asshole on the internet saying things that sounds like they make sense

                I could be wrong about everything and probably am :very-smart:

                Maybe Hollywood selects for large, tall black men with deep voices to be famous so they can have big evil intimidating black characters in their movies to intimidate people evilly with their bigness

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        i mean to be fair, giancarlo esposito is the evil capitalist/authoritarian in EVERYTHING now

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Except Giancarlo is a skinny aging bureaucrat and Bowser is a 300 lb dragon turtle.

          This would have been the perfect voice role for a Jason Momoa or Dwayne Johnson, if you absolutely need a celebrity on the title card. Otherwise, get literally anyone who has a bit of reverb in their voice. Giancarlo's best work barely happens above a whisper. We're looking for Darth Vader not The Godfather.

      • Eris235 [undecided]
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        2 years ago

        (you're missing the joke, that browser is voiced by Jack Black, the white guy)

        • OgdenTO [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Oh shit. I did miss that. Well I got got.

          I do still think it's pretty racist that Black voices are predominantly used as villains in cartoons, even if this isn't an example of that.

            • OgdenTO [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              I like the super Mario Brothers super show casting. Like, cast two Sicilians (or Italians) - or at least two Brooklyn -raised Italians.

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I hope the Mario bros movie bombs so they don't try to make a Legend of Zelda movie

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Back when the original Mario movie came out, Hollywood was widely considered the peak form of culture. It made sense for a quality brand to reach for blockbuster status, and it was fine if they overreached and made a bad film. Nowadays Hollywood doesn't have the cultural cache is used to, and frankly it feels like Nintendo is stepping down by making a kids CGI movie. It's fine for a trashy brand like Sonic, but Mario is supposed to be above this sort of thing - it's like if Nintendo released a Mario sex toy.

    :sicko-wistful:

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Mario is above nothing and was always targeted at kids. This is like complaining about Scooby Doo making a kids movie

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Mario is incredibly popular, but it's also very shallow (at least as far as most people know it). Kind of reminds me of the time Hollywood tried to adapt Tetris and that didn't go so great.

      The real joy of Mario is playing it as a child (I've never met anyone who really likes Mario who got into it as an adult) and I'm not sure if that translates at all into a movie for all audiences.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      It’s fine for a trashy brand like Sonic, but Mario is supposed to be above this sort of thing

      :jesse-wtf:

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        They bought it to squash it, which is precisely what I'm talking about. Generally speaking, Nintendo cares about protecting their brand - although not from trashy mobile games or mid children's movies, apparently.

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  • Redcuban1959 [any]
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    2 years ago

    They should have casted Danny Devito as Mario :deeper-sadness: